pris ‧ tine /ˈprɪstiːn/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: pristinus ]
1 . extremely fresh or clean:
a pristine white shirt
2 . something that is pristine is in the same condition as when it was first made:
The car has been restored to pristine condition.
3 . not spoiled or damaged in any way:
pristine African rainforest
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THESAURUS
▪ clean without any dirt or marks:
They need clean water to drink.
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I don’t have any clean clothes.
▪ pure water or air that is pure does not contain any dirt, pollution, or bacteria:
I breathed in the pure mountain air.
▪ sterile /ˈsteraɪl $ -rəl/ completely clean, with no bacteria, and therefore safe for medical or scientific use:
Place a sterile bandage on the wound.
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sterile needles
▪ spotless completely clean – used mainly about rooms and clothes:
Her kitchen is always spotless.
▪ pristine /ˈprɪstiːn/ completely clean and new-looking:
He wore a pristine white shirt.
▪ immaculate as clean and tidy as it is possible to be:
The soldiers’ uniforms have to be immaculate.
▪ spick and span [not before noun] informal clean and tidy, especially after having just been cleaned:
By the end of the day, the whole place was spick and span.